In his address at the 48th annual reader's meet of Tamil magazine 'Thuglak' here, Jaitley said the demonetisation of high value currencies was a difficult decision for the Prime Minister to take but added it was Modi only who had the "courage to take such a decision".

According to him, the central government has taken anti-black money steps like demonetisation, introduction of Goods and Services Tax (GST) and others and owing to these measures, the tax collections, tax payer base and digitization of the economy are expanding.